First Give Programme

03 Feb First Give Programme

First Give Programme

The Year 12s have been engaging with the excellent ‘First Give’ programme, which encourages students to identify social issues in their area and engage with local charities that address them.

The young people have been developing their presentations through skills workshops in preparation for the final, which was held on 1st February. Through this programme, the students had the opportunity to compete for £1,500 of grant money for the charity of their choice.  The teams competed in a school competition and the 35 young people presented some outstanding videos, power points and drama pieces to raise awareness of their chosen cause.

The charities which our students chose represent were Mind, Rethink Mental Health, Marie Curie, Barnados, Gangland Exit and Redbridge Mental Health Concern.

While every student should be immensely proud of their efforts, the three winning teams were:

£1000 – For Mind – Sueda Oktay, Niranjana Unni, Georgia Wyatt, Chase Dodd, Teresa Tu and Aniza Siddaqua.

£250 – Barnados: Enida Mazreku, Ifeoluwa Obaremo, Ibukun Aluko, Rahma Salum and Ori Jacdonmi.

£250 – Rethink Mental Health: Abigail Chrysanthou, Sarah Thomas, Sarah Singleton and Maddie Ramsey.

Thank you to all of the students who participated and to those who came to support.

Ms Boller

Student Communication Manager